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Before the NFL Scouting Combine and Free Agency period, I wrote about the top prospects the San Diego Chargers should consider with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2016 Draft. After an active Free Agency period in San Diego and a few more top prospects having their pro days, we have a new top three big board.

Here are the signings the Chargers have made thus far:

Ex-Packers CB Casey Hayward

Ex-Seahawks DT Brandon Mebane

Ex-Browns WR Travis Benjamin

Re-signing RT Joe Barksdale

Restructuring LT King Dunlap's deal

Re-Signing OL Chris Hairston

With these players now on board, here are the prospects San Diego should consider:

The problem for the Chargers may be that he did too well at the combine. NFL.com's Bucky Brooks believes the Titans will select him No. 1 overall, while ESPN Cleveland believes that if the Browns don't select a quarterback, they'd take Ramsey at number two.

Yahoo's Eric Adelson compared him to two of the greatest athletes college football has ever seen in his pitch as to why Ramsey should go No. 1.

One track coach says Ramsey could have made a run at the Rio Olympics if he concentrated on the long jump. "He would be a consistent challenger to make the national team," says his jumps coach at FSU, Dennis Nobles. "He'd probably challenge for medals."

As great as he was against the pass, the stats also show just how good he was against the run

The closer we get to the draft, the more teams try to nitpick these top prospects and find out everything they can. It seems like the more people look into Ramsey, the higher his stock climbs.

PASADENA, CA - NOVEMBER 22: Linebacker Myles Jack #30 of the UCLA Bruins celebrates after the Bruins stopped the USC Trojans on fourth down on the five yard line to take over on downs on the final play of the first quarter at the Rose Bowl on November 22, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

Myles Jack is another player worthy of top-pick consideration, and I'm told by a source with the San Diego Chargers that they're falling in love with the UCLA linebacker. The Chargers sent seven people to the UCLA pro day and ran Jack through defensive back drills after his workout.

We're going to have to wait until April 1 to see just how high Jack's stock will rise, as that's when he's expected to run his 40-yard dash, according to NFL Media's Steve Wyche. Based on his other pro day stats we can expect some jaw-dropping numbers.

UCLA LB Myles Jack seems to be trending in a real positive direction. One scouting director said he saw "no downside" in Jack's Pro Day.

Jack recorded a 40-inch vertical (eighth best among all combine prospects) and a 10'4'' broad jump (would have been t-4th among LBs at combine.) These numbers are even more impressive since he said he was just 80 percent healthy, as he recovers from a knee injury that forced him to withdraw from UCLA last fall. Earlier this offseason I wrote about Jack when looking at prospects the Cowboys might consider, highlighting NFL.com draft analyst Lance Zierlein's praise about the UCLA playmaker

The biggest high-end prospect in this draft from an explosion standpoint.

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Future All-Pro.

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He could be a Pro Bowler at three positions.

Get a taste of his personality and what he'll bring to the table in this NFL.com video: